1. Fancy Dinner Night
Anyone who knows me probably knows that I am a pretty frugal lady; I frequently get outraged at the normal prices of things like toothpaste and underwear. Living in Santa Fe, I've started to learn that some things are worth spending a little extra money on, especially food. I'm sure we've written before that most food in Santa Fe is redonkulously good, and lots of the best places use high-quality, local ingredients to make their delicious and creative dishes. After spending most of my college years mostly eating Kroger-brand box mac'n'cheese, I definitely feel privileged to have enough financial flexibility to buy good food when we go out to eat and support Santa Fe. Sidenote: Something like 84% of restaurants in Santa Fe are locally owned!
All that rambling just to get to this: After we moved here, Eric (the true romantic in our relationship) suggested that we pick a day in the near future to dress up and spend a good chunk of money at a fancy restaurant. So a couple weeks ago, on a day that we had both gotten paid, we dressed up like so:
and went to The Palace, where we ordered appetizers, entrees, dessert, and a whole bottle of wine. It was awesome. The first time you order a whole bottle of wine at a restaurant is an important life milestone, right?
2. Whirlwind Trip to Colorado
In 36 hours over Memorial Day Weekend, we drove to Colorado and back so that I could run the Bolder Boulder, and we also managed to squeeze in visits with our families, a short photoshoot, and lunch with a couple of friends.
That's me in the blue, about to cross the finish line! |
After the race I was so happy to be sitting down in the shade. |
3. Our First Visitor!
A few days after returning from Colorado, Colorado came to us in the form of my brother Paul, who stayed with us this past weekend! He was our first visitor and it was really fun to show him around. We also spent a good amount of time in our house, playing with Zeezy, which he definitely appreciated.
Spoiled kitty. |
Siblings! |
Guess who won the first game of Settlers of Catan. |
Shrine to the Virgin Mary |
Now that I have written a novel, I will leave you with one more photo of Assisi:
"PLAY WITH ME!" |
OH Marie!!!! I love your blog. First of all, i about lost it laughing so hard when you mentioned your outrage about regular priced things like underwear and toothpaste. I'm glad you got to enjoy your fancy dinner with Er-bear! Looks like Santa Fe is treating you well.
ReplyDeleteAbrazotes!!!!